Combined bag-holding rack and twine-holder.



J. B. PRBAR. COMBINED BAGYHOLDING RACK AND TWINE HOLDER. APDLIUATION. FILED JAN. 8, 1998.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

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` J. B. FREAR. COMBINED BAG IIOIDING RACK AND TWINE HOLDER.

` APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 8,1908.YH 900,362.- Patentqa oet. 6, 190s.

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Witnesses I Y iJENNEss B. FREAnoFEXoELsIoR, MINNEsoTA.

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speeieation'ef Letters Patent.

Patented oet. e, 190s.

ApplicationIed January 8, 1908. Serial No. 409,847."

To all 'whom 'it may concern: i I

Be it known that JENNEss B. FREAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at EX- celsior, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, has invented new` and useful Improvements in a Combined Bag-Holding lowing. is a specification.

Thisinvention, relatesV to a combined bag holding rack and twine holder; andthe ob.- ject thereof is to provide a bag holding rack,

in a manner as hereinafter set forth, for sup'-v porting bags of varying sizes, and further:-

more to provide means-to faciltatethe removal of a bag when occasion so requires. A further object ofthe invention is to provide a bag holding rack having means projecting laterally from each end forsupporting a cone of twine, said means so Set upv in a manner as hereinafter set-forth, Aas to facilitate the positioning of the cone of twine when occasion solrequires.

A further object of the invention is to proing paper sacks commonly usedfinfgroceryV and other stores andembodying specific features Vof construction which will enable `a ready removal ofthe individualsack without disturbing the remaining ones in each division of the rack andalso lfacilitating the replenishing of the sacks in the several corn- Q partments. w y

A further object of the inventionis to provide a combined sack rack and twine holder which is adapted tobe hung` or suspended from the ceiling `of a'store directly over a counter or at any other convenient place and so designed as to enable the arrangement of sacks of .various sizes within easy reaching distance of a clerk or other person to facilitate the inclosingor wrapping of groceries or other goods, and to preserve the sacks in good condition and at all times for immediate use. y y Further objects ofV the invention are to provide a combined sack* rack and twine holder which shall be simple in construction, strong, durable, efficient. in its use, readily suspended or supported and inexpensive to manufacture. i C

y With theforegoing andother l'objects in struction, combination and arrangement" of parts hereinafter more specilicallyv described and illustrated in the accompanying draw'- ment of the invention, but it is to be under- .stood thatchanges, variations and modifica- 4tions can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended. Rack and Twine-Holder, of which the fol-V In thev accompanying drawings wherein holder `in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one end of the rack 'showing the twine holder, and, Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a portion of each of two sack compartments.

`Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 denotes an elongated anglebar which is arranged at the front vof the rack and 2 denotes an elongated angle bar which is ar- ;ranged at thev rear of the rack andeXtends Aat an inclination `with respect to the bar 1. j'The rear bar 2 is arranged above the plane vide a bag holding rack designed forvv hold- 4'also angular in cross section. The other end "of the rear bar 2 is connected to the front bar 1 by a side bar 4 which is also angular in cross section, but of less length than the side bar 3.

Secured to the front bar 1 at each end v `'thereof is a downwardly-extending wire rod i5 which terminates at its lower end in a rearfwardly-extendingwire rod 6, the rod 6 eX- tending forwardly and rearwardly at an in- :clination and is connected to one end of the :rear bar 2. The bar 6 intermediateits ends lis formedin a curvilinear manner, as at 7 1 and has attached thereto a vertically-extendging4 wire rod 8 which is secured to the side bar. Extending to each of the end rods 6 kis a longitudinally-extending wire rod 8 to .which the lower ends of the supporting wires 9 `are secured. These .supporting wires 9 are arranged in pairs and have their upper ends securedto the rear bar 2. The

`wires 9 gradually decrease in length from :one end of the bar 2 to the other. ywires 9l constitute supports for the bags.

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These supports are arranged in pairs and are Vseparated by the divisional wires 10. view the invention consists in the novel Vcontendthrough the front bar 1, as at 12 and then depend, as at 13, and extend rearwardly below the wire 8, as at 14 and are connected to the bar 2 at 11. The portions 14e lof the divisional wires constitute supports for the wire 8. f y

Depending from the bar 1 is a series of guards 15, .each of which consists of a pair of downwardly-extending wires 16 having rearwardly-extending portions 17, the said rearwardly#extending portions being connected bythe curvilinear' portion 1S. The depending portions of the divisional wires extend below the curvilinear portions 18, and constitute a support therefor.

`Connected to .each of the side bars is a laterallyeextending ,curvilinear arm 19 which has its free end formed with an eye 20 and projecting from each end of the bar 1 is a` laterally-extending arm 21 provided with a rearwardlyeextending curvilinear portion 22 which is arranged in alinement with a curvilinear arin 23 projecting from the side bar, the arm 23 being a part of the same wire rod as arm 19, The yconnection between the arms 19 and 28 and the side bar is such that the said arms .can be elevated when occasion so requires. The bar 21 is adapted to receive the lcone of twine 24, as shown in dotted lines in Fio'. 3. When it is desired to position a cone of twine upon the arm 21, as Wll as the arm 23, the arms 19 and 28 are elevated and the cone pushed on the arm 21 untii ready to engage the arm 23. The arms 19 and 2,3 are then lowered and the cone is pushed against the side bar t, or 3, as the case may be. The end or' the twine is passed through the eye 2O of the arm 19.

By setting up a rack in a manner as hereinbefore referred to a series of skeleton compartments indicated by the reference characters 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 is provided for the bags. Each of ,these compartments gradually decreases in length and width and each compartment is separated by the partition wire 10, The wires 9 which extend at an inclination form the bottoms .of the compartments, while the wires 16 form the fronts of the compartments and .constitute stops for the bags. lhe bags which are indicated by the reference character 30 in Fig. 2 rest upon the wires 9, abut against the wires 16 and are separated lfrom each other by the depending portions of the wires 10, as well as the rear portions of the wires 10,

1, A device of the character described comprising a front bar, a rear bar, `end bars connecting said front and rear bars, a supporting wire carried by the end bars and held below the said front bar, crossing wires having their upper ends connected to the rear bar and their lower ends connected to the supporting wire, said crossing wires being arranged in series to provide a plurality of bag supports, and guards carried by said front bar and held in front ot each ot the bag supports.

2. A device of the character described comprising a front bar and a rear bar, said bars being arranged in ditlerent planes and at a relative inclination, end bars connecting said front and r Aar bars, a longitudinally arranged supporting wire having its ends connected to each ot the end bars, said snpporting wire being held below the plane el the said front bar, crossing wires having one of their ends connected to the rear bar and their other ends connected to the supporting wire, said crossing` wires being arranged. in series to provide a plurality ot independent bag supports, and a guard for each bag support.

3. A device of the character described comprising a front bar, a rear bar extending yat an inclination with respect to said front bar and arranged above the front bar, side bars connecting the front and rear bars together, inclined bag-supporting wires .connected at one end to the rear bar, means for supporting the forward ends of said inclined bag-supporting wires, divisional wires connected to said front and rear bars, and guards connected to the front bar and sup ported at their lower ends by said divisional wires.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a front bar, a rear bar extending at an inclination with respect to said front bar and arranged above the front bar, side bars connecting the front and rear bars together, inclined bag-supporting wires connected at one end to the rear bar, means for supporting the forward ends of said inclined bagesupporting wires, divisional wires connected to said front and rear bars, guards connected to the front bar and supported at their lower ends by said divisional wires, a twine cone support projecting laterally from each of said side bars, and an arm projecting` laterally from each of said side bars and provided with an eye through which extends the twine.

5. A device of the character described comprising a front bar, a rear bar extending at an inclination with respect to said front bar and in a higher plane, end bars con necting said front and rear bars, a longitudinally arranged supporting wire carried by the end bars and held below the said front bar, bag supporting wires each having one of its ends connected to the rear bar and its other end connected to the longitudinally extending supporting wire, said bag supporting wires being arranged in pairs to provide a plurality of independent bag supports, a guard `for each of the bag supports comprising depending arms carried by the front bar the lower portion et which are inturned, and a divisional wire arranged between each pair of wires forni ing the bag supports and Vhaving a depending portion forming a support `*for the in-' turned end portion of the said guards.`

ported by the end bars and held below `said front bar, bag supporting wireseach having one of its ends eonneetedto the rear bar, its f other end being conneeted to the longitudinally extending supporting wire, said bag supporting n wires being arranged in pairs to provide a plurality of independent bag supports a guard for each bag support suspended from the front bar and provided with an inturned lower portion, and a divisional wire arranged between each pair of bag supporting wires, said divisional wire being connected with the front and rear bars and having a depending portion connected with and forming a support for the inturned portion of the guards.

In testimony whereof, I aHix my signature 1n presence of two wltnesses.

JENNESS B. FREAR.

Witnesses: Y

E. M, RAGE, M. A. WHEDON. 

